St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-13
THE BAY STATE CLUB.
A Notable Banquet Given by an Inhueu.
tial Democratic Organization in
New England.
The Occasion Dignifed by the Presence Of
Mr.. Carlisle, Speaker of
the House,
Who Was Most Cordially Received
and Made Very Eorcible
Speech,
Setting forth in Apt Language th&
Issues Of the Day From His (
Standpoint.

Boston, March 12.-The Bay State club,
the most influential Dem ocratic OrganiZa-a
ton in New England, entertained num-i
ber OF distinguished gentlemen atUtheir
annual dinner at the Revere house this
afternoon. Chief among the guests was
Hon. John G. Carlisle. speaker of the
house of representatives, who was the ora
tor of the day. Previous to the banquet
Mr.. Carlisle held reception in the parlors
and was greeted by host of Demo-
Gratis. At the business meeting of the
club Col. Charles II. Taylor, of the
, Boston Globe. was reelected president
and A. B. Alger secretary and treasurer. =
President Taylor presided at the banquet. :
Among the guests were: Hon. j. G. Car
Isle, Hon. w. w. Springer, Hon. JEFF
Chandler, Stillson Hutchins, Hon. A. f.
Stevenson, Gen. j. NJ. Corse and Gen.
RosecranZ. Dinner over President Taylor
raped to order and in a brief speech in
troduced the principal speaker, Hon. John
/ G. Carlisle, whose chief virtue, he said, was
that he had been denounced by Senator
Hoar. AS
| SPEAKER CARLISLE AROSE
he was greeted with great applause. After
expressing his thanks for his cordial recep-
tion, he said:
You must permit me to tender you the sim
cere thanks OF the Kentucky Democracy, not
only for what you have done in the past, but
also for what they know you intend TO do in
the future. You will not permit Massachu-
| setts to remain always Republican state
Old prejudiceS are passing away. Mas
| SachuSettS is already moving towards the
| Democratic position, with the Bay State club
! IN front, and your brothers everywhere hope
| to see her on the right OF the line in 1888.
| Gentlemen, in the very nature of things this
country must always be governed by political
parties. We need not be ashamed. gentle
| men, to be known as ''party men" if We
honestly believe that the principles repre-
| sented by the organization to which we are
attached will best promote the interest of the
nation and welfare of the people. This is
TIE ONLY TRUE BASIS
for political parties, and any party orgau-
lied upon a foundation less bro9d, less patri-
otic than this will soon degenerate into q
mere faction and cease to command or deserve
the respect of intelligent citizens. Every at
tempt to make single interest or
single class to the exclusion OF
all others the basis of q political
organization will fail and ought to fail. From
the formation of your constitution down to
the present time the point of irreconcilable
difference between the Democratic party and
all its adversaries has been to the nature and
extent of the federal powers. The principle
of local sef-government is the vital part or
Democracy. The amendment to the consti-
tuition declares that the powers not delegated
to the United States by the constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the state, are re-
serve to the states respectively
or to the people. No power can
be justly claimed unless it is granted In ex-
press terms or by necessary implication. If
no such grant or power can be found, and if
its exercise by the state is not prohibited. it
belongs to the state and her people; and thus
the whole doctrine of states rights is defined
in that articl e. 1t does not sanction seces-
sion Or null ification, but it instructs the
several states and their people as to the
boundaries of all legislative, executive and
judicial power not delegated TO the United
States by fair and reasonable construction
OF the constitution. By this constitutional
doctrine of states rights the Democratic
party of this country stands to-day as it al
ways has stood, and as 1 trust it will; stand
forever hereafter. Loud appause.l Twenty
| five years ago the tendency was to carry this
doctrine 10 a dangerous extent. But since
that time the dangerous extreme has threat
ened from quite an opposite direction. Greal
and powerful interests, too powerful almoss
to be successfully resisted, are constantly
PRESSING AGAINST THE BARRIERS
of the constituti on and demanding the eXtens-
ion ofthe federal power to degree never con
| templated by the most extreme Federalist in
the early days.lt is quite common now TO hear
gentlemen, able gentlemen, in congress and
, elsewhere, contend for the exercise of power
by the general government over particular
subjects, simply because the states
fbouq6t 5T that the or state essa
tion might not be entirely effective. The ar
gument is that whatever the states will not
do, or cannot do, must be done by congress or
the departments of the general governm ment,
and that independently of these specific
grants of power. it is the right and the duty
+ of government to exercise general super
. vision and control over all the concerns or
the people. Mr.. President this is not Dem,
I ,ns,Inr md and ~
/ never was. Tremendous cheers. 1t means
Capitalization first and inevitable dissolution
afterwards. No part of the Union is so v1tally
. interested in the preservation and the maln-
, tenance intact of this local authority as the
, New England states, and in no part OF the
= Union have the beneficial results attending
I the maintenance OF this doctrine been so
thoroughly demonstrated. Your town meet
ing is the most democratic institution IN TINS
country. Cheers II has never endan-
: gered the liberty OF q single human being.
The town, the state and the general govern
nent all have their appropriate powers ana
duty, and so long as these are respected ana
maintained. neither encroaching on the do
, main of the other, there will be
HARMONY AND UNITY
: in our complex system of government. For-
= tunately we have at last been permitted TO
, inaugurate Democratic national adminis-
: tratiou, and more fort rtunately still, that adj
: ministration by its conservative ana
patriotic course, by It's noneSC
S and faithful execution of the laws,
S and by its regards fer the rights of all classes
3 of men has given abundant assurances that
| the executive power can be safely trusted to-
our hands. This country was never better
= | governed than it is now (cheers). and it vas
never more tranquil and contented than it IS
now 1t is true that abuses still exist, but
they were not inaugurated by this admInis-
: tration. Many of them have al
S ready been corrected, and most
t of these that remain are not
E under the control of the executive depart
ment alone. 1t is not my purpose, gentle
men, to discuss the revenue question upon
this occasion. 1t is too large subject to be
: presented fully in the time at my disposal,
S and too Important a subject to be treated
t hastily. 1t is enough to say, and say it in
9 conclusion, that in my Judgment the govern
n ment has no mo raj or legal right TO impose q
tax upon it's citizens except for the purpose
of raising revenue TO defray its necessary
: expenses and pay its just debts. Loud
= Cheers Whenever it goes beyond this, it
, disregards, in my opinion, the plain purpose
3 for which the power OF taxation was con-
3 ferred on it. 1 believe this is the doctrine Of
r an overwhelming majority of this American
n democracy.
It Another Duluth Outlet.
It Special to the Globe.
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